DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5970

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5970 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Feb 14, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5970 advisory

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